Leaves’ Eyes – the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-Theatre Of Tragedy singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of Atrocity – has parted ways with bassist Alla Fedynitch “for personal reasons.” The group will play the last two shows of this year – at the Metal Female Voices Fest on October 24 in Wieze, Belgium […]

A drunken fan bit off part of a security guard’s ear at an American hard rock band’s concert in Sweden, authorities said. The 40-year-old man was arrested by police on suspicion of aggravated assault during Friday night’s concert by W.A.S.P. at the Conventum arena in Orebro in central Sweden, the Swedish news agency TT/The Local […]

The two bands are currently touring Scandinavia together, with Volbeat healdining. Here’s the update on their website: “This morning the bus with our hard working crew skid off the road. We were on our way to Trondheim and in a steep right turn the crew bus skid off the road near StjГёrdal. Everyone is ok […]

The Metal Den sent over this report about Orphaned To Hatred, who has promoted itself as the second coming of Pantera, has allegedly entered into trademark infringement by trying to use Pantera2.com as their own domain. TMD has tracked down this evidence on file with Godaddy that clearly shows the band’s frontman Brandon Ralph McBride […]

A 27 year-old man was killed earlyВ Friday morning following an incident at the DC9 Nightclub in Washington D.C., just hours after an Agnostic Front and Mother of Mercy show had taken place there. The victim, Ali Ahmed Mohammed, of Silver Spring, MD, was reportedly denied entry into the nightclub at around 2am, which prompted him […]

‘Lemmy’, the long-awaited documentary examining the life and career of MOTГ–RHEAD frontman and rock icon Lemmy Kilmister, will receive its U.K. premiere at the London Film Festival in the headline 9:00 p.m. slot at NFT1 on October 23, followed by a theatrical run in selected cinemas throughout the U.K. from December 3rd 2010. ‘Lemmy’ will […]

Finally, the last of the four songs Duff McKagan played with Guns N’ Roses on Thursday night at London’s 02 Arena has surfaced. A surprise guest, Duff joined Axl and crew for the epic cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door.’ .

The BBC reports that R.E.M. have titled their much-anticipated 15th studio album Collapse Into Now and will unveil it to the masses next Spring. As previously reported, the band recorded the followup to 2008’s Accelerate with legendary producer Garret “Jacknife” Lee (U2, Bloc Party, Editors) during sessions in Portland, New Orleans, and Berlin.

The first video of Duff McKagan’s surprise performance with Guns N’ Roses Thursday night at London’s 02 Arena has surfaced. ItВ marked the first time the two men shared the stage since 1993. Duff played four songs with the band: ‘You Could Be Mine’, ‘Nice Boys’ (Rose Tattoo cover), ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’ (Bob Dylan cover) […]

Velvet Revolver are to release a live DVD next month. Called Live In Houston, it was filmed in 2005 and the set list, naturally, focuses on that debut release but is complemented by two tracks from the GUNS N’ ROSES catalog and two songs from STONE TEMPLE PILOTS debut album, highlighting the history of the […]